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Orchids Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Goodyera lamprotaenia

A little-known jewel orchid described by Schlechter from New Guinea, with no wild GBIF records to pin down its habitat. Treat it like other tropical lowland Goodyera: a creeping, shade-loving terrestrial of the humid forest floor that wants constant warmth, very high humidity and low light.

Goodyera lamprotaenia
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Deep shadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Inferred from the genus: a terrestrial rosette orchid with a creeping fleshy rhizome in leaf litter on the shaded forest floor.

Unknown for this species; the climate point used sits at about 170 m in lowland New Guinea.

New Guinea

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.